Sunday, October 24, 2021
19 Cheshvan 5782
7:00 — 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time
A Virtual Celebration in Honor of Jewish Educators and Jewish Education
Through the Covenant Awards, the Pomegranate Prize, and the Covenant Grant programs, the Foundation strives to define Jewish education in its broadest possible terms and support imaginative and inspired approaches to Jewish learning. Award recipients and grantees span Jewish denominations, geographic regions, and educational settings.
We are delighted to have the opportunity to celebrate the achievements of three outstanding Jewish educators, and you—an amazing network of teachers, clergy, philanthropists, lay leaders, administrators, and friends. For more information about the Foundation, including Grant application and Award nomination guidelines, please visit our website at www.covenantfn.org.
“By stimulating the hearts and minds of learners of all ages, educators make an essential contribution to Jewish vitality. The Covenant Awards celebrate that contribution by publicly recognizing the work of three outstanding educators each year.”
Batya Levine
Barbara Goodman Manilow
Remarks by Lester Crown
Music by Oren Kaunfer and Natan Kuchar
Cheryl R. Finkel
Jordan T. Goodman, Danielle Rudas Goodman, & Steven Crown
The 2021 Covenant Award Recipients
Three short films by Ilana Trachtman
Helene Drobenare-Horwitz
Nominated by Dori Frumin Kirshner and Rabbi Joel Pitkowsky
Anna Hartman
Nominated by Diana Ganger
Judith Turner
Nominated by Ted Comet
Keating Crown
Cheryl R. Finkel
Batya Levine
Ofek Academy is a six-month gap year leadership program that brings together young people from diverse backgrounds living on Israel’s social and geographic periphery. Participants explore the Museum’s core exhibition in Tel Aviv, attend educational seminars, and engage in deep conversations on the diversity of Jewish identity and history. This initiative is a key component of ANU’s renewed mission and inclusive, pluralistic approach to reflect the Jewish world of today and to celebrate multiculturalism and Jewish diversity.
ANU is a world-class museum and cultural center dedicated to telling the inspiring and dynamic story of the Jewish people. ANU connects people to their roots, playing an integral role in strengthening Jewish identity and perpetuating Jewish heritage worldwide. ANU welcomes people of all backgrounds to explore its core exhibition, experiential programs, and comprehensive database that integrates genealogy, community documents, family names, music, films, and photographs. Opened in 1978, the museum was formally designated as “the National Center for Jewish communities in Israel and around the world” by the Israeli Knesset in 2005.
Learn more about ANU – Museum of the Jewish People at anumuseum.org.il.